Re: Re: Progress on a Locust [TANKS]

[<funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com>]

I bought tank T027 (a Hetzer) from its owner Paul Needham,
(after trying very hard and long to talk him back into the hobby.(He said thanks but 
no thanks))So me and my friend Pete, bought him out.
Paul had 3No spare KCM`s, the same as the one`s in T027, 2 of these are now in my 
Locust,Paul said he bought them off the local dump,I was amazed!
I plan to power them directly from 2no 12v esc`s ,
Very cheap!
I dont have any worries being under powered,
the locust is only 26 inch long. a real lightweight.

I plan to re build/retrack Pauls Hetzer later in life, after Ive got the locust 
running.

neil "Greedy tanker" R



> 
> From: "Mike Calvi" <mikecalvi-at-gmail.com>
> Date: 2007/09/16 Sun AM 01:56:18 BST
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: Re: Progress on a Locust [TANKS]
> 
> looks cool.   Where did you get the motors from?  I scrounged some that
> looked like those from a power wheels toy bigfoot, though I replaced the
> motors with 11,500 RPM motors, since the old ones were a little rusty (still
> worked, just rusty).
> The battery I planned to use is a 12 volt, 7Ah that was in an old UPS.
> 
> Can I ask how you plan to wire up the motors?
> 
> 
> On 9/15/07, funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com <funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > I`ve not built anything for a while,but the last couple of nights I managed to 
>bob a few things together,
> > The beginnings of my Locust are emerging,see pics.
> > The motors are very small but there the same as the motors in T027,and my tank 
>is smaller so it should be ok.
> > In sticking with 12v and I can buy two 12v esc`ers for about 36 pounds, Id say 
>thats cheep.
> > I`ve bought a rather large 12v battery, 24amp hour,
> > should run a Locust for about a fortnight.
> >
> > We`ll see,
> >
> > Neil R
> >
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